If love for social media is a parameter to go by, Mittu Chandilya of AirAsia is every bit a CEO of this generation. Whether it's pictures of a day out with the boss (Tony Fernandes, founder, AirAsia) in Mumbai, a compliment paid to a rival airline (Aditya Ghosh, CEO, IndiGo Airlines) for their work during the recent J&K floods, or a double date dinner with Snapdeal's founder Kunal Bahl and their respective spouses, Chandilya posts regular updates on Twitter.
Yet it's on this micro-blogging site that India's airline wars often unfold, like Fernandes accusing IndiGo of playing dirty or when SpiceJet COO Sanjiv Kapoor's leaked company email took potshots purportedly at Chandilya.
But Chandilya has an easy attitude when he sits down for a chat with ETPanache at a Mumbai hotel lounge. The AirAsia CEO is on a flying visit to announce the launch of Vijay Amritraj's Champions Tennis League, in which his wife Inga and he have bought the Bengaluru team.
Chandilya, who trained with former Indian tennis star Ramesh Krishnan at one point, even got a partial tennis scholarship for his MBA program in the US. "I don't come from a wealthy background to try and play with this (the League). But I believe in tennis," says Chandilya, before discussing the recent storms that AirAsia has flown into.
03/11/14 Masoom Gupte/Economic Times
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Yet it's on this micro-blogging site that India's airline wars often unfold, like Fernandes accusing IndiGo of playing dirty or when SpiceJet COO Sanjiv Kapoor's leaked company email took potshots purportedly at Chandilya.
But Chandilya has an easy attitude when he sits down for a chat with ETPanache at a Mumbai hotel lounge. The AirAsia CEO is on a flying visit to announce the launch of Vijay Amritraj's Champions Tennis League, in which his wife Inga and he have bought the Bengaluru team.
Chandilya, who trained with former Indian tennis star Ramesh Krishnan at one point, even got a partial tennis scholarship for his MBA program in the US. "I don't come from a wealthy background to try and play with this (the League). But I believe in tennis," says Chandilya, before discussing the recent storms that AirAsia has flown into.
03/11/14 Masoom Gupte/Economic Times
